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Should the smoking age be raised to 21?

Ireland should become the first country in Europe to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone aged under 21. That’s the call from the Tobacco 21 Alliance. Dr Emmet O’Brien is a Consultant respiratory physician in Beaumont Hospital and Chair of the Ash Ireland Council of the Irish Heart Foundation and a spokesperson for the alliance spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

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06.45 1 Jun 2023


Should the smoking age be raised to 21?


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Ireland should become the first country in Europe to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone aged under 21.

That’s the call from the Tobacco 21 Alliance.

Dr Emmet O’Brien is a Consultant respiratory physician in Beaumont Hospital and Chair of the Ash Ireland Council of the Irish Heart Foundation and a spokesperson for the alliance spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.


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